Josh is invited to be the guest speaker at an (apparent) college theater; he is asked to relate a typical day at the White House, while still being notified of a current difficult situation. Josh recounts an angry outburst by the head of HUD and his own sarcastic response in a press briefing, as CJ had a dental emergency and is unable to speak clearly.Toby handles the difficult situation expertly.

Abbey keeps the staff busy with the fallout when she leaks her personal preference for a Federal Reserve Board appointment and discusses child labor on a talk show, prompting a Congresswoman to offer an amendment which could shoot down the entire international tariff bill; Charlie's date with Zoey is cancelled because of threats by a white supremacist group.